Circumstance Page #3

Synopsis: A wealthy Iranian family struggles to contain a teenager's growing sexual rebellion and her brother's dangerous obsession.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Maryam Keshavarz
Production: Roadside Attractions
  11 wins & 8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.9
Metacritic:
65
Rotten Tomatoes:
85%
R
Year:
2011
107 min
$452,602
Website
121 Views


Let's wait for your big brother.

Thank you for the feast, Mom.

Is there any more breast?

Wait.

Here you go.

Azar,

don't you think the boy

has become strange?

No,

not at all.

Didn't you want breast?

Is it because I used my hands?

What? You think I'm dirty?

I pray, so I know I'm clean.

You, I'm not so sure of.

Oh, you found some.

Thank you, Mommy.

Pig.

I know you're angry.

I'm angry too.

Cut. Joey...

That was good but...

make his voice more gay.

More gay. Could you do that?

More gay?

Yes, please. More gay.

OK.

Action!

I know you're angry.

I'm angry too.

OK, cut.

Joey, he's gay.

But not that gay.

Get lost.

OK, OK. Let's do it again.

Action.

I know you're angry.

I'm angry too.

Let's march the streets

of San Francisco

and share our anger.

Yes. Who's your Daddy?

Yeah.

Oh! Say my name.

OK, kids, cut. Cut.

Cut. Cut! Cut!

Cut.

Joey, less.

Guys aren't that loud.

Shireen, breathe more.

Exhale.

It's not a Lamaze class.

You're not giving birth.

Yeah. OK. Action!

I love your body.

Yeah, again.

Your left hand.

Cut. Cut.

F*** me.

Will you f*** me?

F*** me.

- Yeah.

- F*** me.

Yeah.

Cut! Cut!

Cut, cut, cut!

OK, Joey, please,

let me direct.

There's one director now.

Why are you making donkey sounds?

Ladies here don't make those sounds.

Maybe you just don't know

how to produce them.

From now on,

my name is Samantha.

Tonight, you're going to f*** me.

- F*** me.

- F*** me.

F*** me.

Why won't you f*** me?

Yeah, baby.

Yeah, baby.

Get her.

Pull over.

Don't be afraid, my child.

You're not responsible

for your parents' mistakes.

Is it true your parents were writers?

Anti-revolutionary writers?

Face the wall, you whore.

You have no right to look at us.

Understand?

Answer his question.

These tactics might work

with your clients,

but they don't work here.

Answer his question.

My parents were professors.

Do you think you can avenge

their deaths by doing this?

Is my brother telling a joke?

Hung from a rope,

you won't be laughing.

You know in these cases

of anti-government activity,

we're forced to do

a complete physical examination.

With what right?

You had no such permission.

We don't need your permission.

Especially you,

who can't control his daughter.

Do you know who you're talking to?

You're not in a position

to play that card.

Please, take a seat.

Why is it

your 16-year-old daughter

is not a virgin, but...

Know your place.

Money brings power, I know.

But you're not responsible enough

to control your own daughter.

I once had a daughter too.

God rest her soul.

She's not dead.

She's alive.

She lives on the other side

of the ocean.

But for me, she is dead.

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Maryam Keshavarz

Maryam Keshavarz (Persian: مریم کشاورز‎) is an Iranian-American filmmaker best known for her 2011 film Circumstance distributed by Participant Media and Roadside Attractions, which won the Audience Award at Sundance Film Festival. more…

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